Effects of bund crops and insecticide treatments on arthropod diversity and herbivore regulation in tropical rice fields

Ecological engineering using vegetable or flower strips is promoted as a potential pest management strategy in irrigated rice. Farmers in the Philippines often plant rice levees (bunds) with vegetables, particularly string beans (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walpers) to supplement income, but without cons...

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